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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, ELFAMEO M. NOYES, of Binghamton, in the county`of Broome, and State of New York,

have invented a. new and improved Mode of Constructing Curry-Combs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact descriptionthereoi. reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective View.

Figure 2 represents the two sheet-metal pieces detached, which hold and form the casings of the combs. Similar letters indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a curry-comb with non-metallicteeth, which` i l may be made of horn, vulcanized rubber, or other material Vof' sutlicient strength, ordinarily used in the manufacture of combs, in connection with a metallic casing, comprising two strips of sheet metal `bent at right angles longitudinally, with one part placed in the other, and riveted to the back, thereby obviating the liability of injury to the mane or undue irritation to the skin.

I construct my curry-comb in the form of those in ordinary use. I make the combs A A of horn, but they may be constructed of vulcanized rubber or other suitable non-metallic material, and for the purpose of increasing their strength and holding them in position, I provide a metallic casing, B, as represented detached in fig.`

2, consisting'of two strips of sheet meta-l with their edges bent at right angles longitudinally, the one placed within the other, and 4enough smaller to receive and encase the bock of the comb between `the projecting edges t D D, said pieces being held in their relative position and secured to the back C by rivets. I make the bod\ 7 or back C of sheet iron, or it may be'constructed of enst iron or other suitable substance, `with the ordinary handle andattaehments.

The advantages of a currycomb constructed us herein i described, are, that it obviutcs the liability of thc` ordinary comb to cut or break the haii-or irritate the skin by the roughness and non-yielding natur'e of the teeth, and sometimes to sharp and unfinished edges, but oftener to an accumulation of rust. It can bc manufactured more economically and beneficially to'the public than those in common use.

Having thus described n'iy improvement, what I claim, end desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The construction and use ofthe non-metallic teeth A A, attached to the metallic casing B, in combination with the curry-comb or back C, substantially as and for thc purpose herein set forth. l

' ELFAMEO M. NOYES.

' Witnesses:

F. A. DURKEE, G. W. Horennrss. 

